About Managing Multiple Oracle Homes on Oracle Database
Appliance
Create and manage one or more Oracle home directories and Oracle databases on
Oracle Database Appliance.
Oracle home is the directory in which you install Oracle Database binaries, and from
which Oracle Database runs. Oracle Database Appliance supports multiple Oracle
homes, including support of different release Oracle Database homes. You can create
multiple Oracle databases on a given Oracle home. Use Oracle Appliance Manager
Web Console to create and manage multiple Oracle homes and databases on Oracle
Database Appliance. Oracle Database Appliance Manager automatically creates an
Oracle Database Oracle home that is compliant with Oracle’s Optimal Flexible
Architecture (OFA) standards.
Check the Oracle Database Appliance Release Notes to obtain information about the
specific Oracle software releases supported for your Oracle Database Appliance
platform.
When you use ODACLI commands to create multiple homes on Oracle Database
Appliance, the commands start the Oracle Home cloning process. In Oracle Database
Appliance deployments, the user
oracle
is the default software installation owner.
You can use the Web Console or the command-line interface to create and manage
databases.
Use ODACLI commands to create, list, describe, and delete databases on Oracle
Database Appliance. The
odacli create-database
command enables you to
create a database with minimal user input. When you run this command without any
additional options, the command creates a new database home (ORACLE_HOME).
You can create a database in an existing home by using the
--dbhomeid
option. To
find the dbhomeid, use the
odacli list-dbhomes
command.
Alternatively, you can use the Web Console to create list, describe and delete
databases and database homes. You can display a list of all Database Homes that
includes the database home name, ID, version, the date and time that the database
home was created and the location on the same page. You can also create and delete
database homes on the Web Console.
Caution:
Do not apply Oracle Database patches directly to Oracle Databases on
Oracle Database Appliance. Only use Oracle Database Appliance patch
bundles, which are tested to work across the whole software stack. If a one-
off database patch is required, it may be applied to the Oracle Home. When
you apply the Oracle Database Appliance patch bundle, it may cause a
conflict during future patching events and you might need to roll back and
then re-apply the patch.
Chapter 9
Working with Database Homes
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Summary of Contents for Database Appliance X6-2-HA
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